Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-10

tHe money Is legally que anu IeHlGlDS uH-
| paid, and whether the payment thereof
| from the Treasury is authorized by law,
and out of what fund. If he allow it be
| shall indorse upon it the word allowed,
with the name Of the fund out of which it
is payable, with the date of such allowance.
and sign his name thereto. No demand
shall be approved, allowed, audited or
paid, unless it specify each several item,
date and value composing ii, and refer to
the law, ordinance, contract, or authority,
by title, date and section, authorizing the
same; provided. that in all cases demands
shall be paid in the order of their approval
by the Board Of Supervisors.
Section II. The Auditor must num-
Der and keep record of all demands al
lowed by him, showing the number, date,
date of approval amount, and name of
the original holder, on what account al
lowed and out of what fund payable. The
demand Of the Auditor, on account of his
monthly salary, may be audited and
allowed by the Board of Supervisors. The
Auditor is required TO be constantly ac-
quainted with the exact condition of the
Treasury and every lawful demand upon it,
and shall report to the President of the
Board of Supervisors on the Monday of
each week or oftener, if required, the con-
dition Of each fund in the Treasury. He
Si1AA 4 COlll DltLC StL VI bODhS ibT the
city and county, in which shall be set
forth, in plain and business like manner,
every money transaction of the city and
county, so that he can, at any time when
requested, tell the state OF each and every
fund, where the money came from, to
what fund it belonged and how and for
what purpose it was expended; and also
the collections made and the money paid
into the Treasury by each and every officer.
lie shall issue all licenses and permits, ex-
cept as otherwise provided in this Act, and
counterslgn all warrants on the treasury
And until the general election, in the year
1883, he shall receive for his compensation
at the rate of $4,000 per annum, payable
from the salary fund, as provided in Sec
ton SO of this Act.
Section Is. No demand upon the Treas
ury shall be allowed by the Auditor or APP
proved by the Board of Supervisors, in
favor of any person or officer in any man
ner indebted thereto, without first deduct
ing the amount of such Indebtedness. nor
to any person or officer having the collec-
ton. custody or disbursement of public
funds, unless his account has been duly
presented, passed, approved and allowed
as required in this Act; nor in favor of
any officer who shall have neglected to
make his official returns, or his reports. in
quired by law, or by the regulations estab-
lished by the Board of Supervisors nor
10 any officer who shall have neglected or
refused to comply with any of the provis-
ions of this or any other Act of the Legis-
lature regulating the duties of such officer.
on being required in writing TO comply
Herewith, by the President of the Board
OF Supervisors, or the Supervisor of his re-
spective district.
" Section %. Every officer. or other per-
son, having the control, collection or Gus
tody of any money collected for taxes,
licenses, water rents, fees of office, or for
any other account not otherwise herein
provided, shall pay the same into the Treas
ury on the Saturday of each week; and
shall on the same day file the Treasurer
| receipt with the Auditor; and shall at the
same time file with the Auditor state
| ment, under oath, of the sources from
! whence the money came, and that the
money so paid over is the total amount col.
lected since his last payment; and such
statement shall also be filed in duplicate
with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
| If the County Clerk, Recorder, Sheriff,
| Clerk of Water Works, Harbor Master, OF
any other officer or person having the con-
troll or custody of any money collected for
or belonging to, the State, or CITY and
county, or any money collected for fees
which this Act provides shall be paid into
the Treasury, shall fail or neglect to paw
over the fees or moneys collected by him
as required by the preceding section, OIL
shall fail to make his affidavit, he shall
| forfeit his office and it shall be the duty oil
the Auditor to inform the President of the
Board of Supervisors, in writing, of such
failure; and at the next meeting of said
| Board, after the said President shall re-
ceive such information, the said Board
shall enter an order requiring such officer
to show cause, on certain day, why such
office should not be declared vacant; and
upon the return day of such order, or at
such time as the matter may be adjourned
to, they shall proceed to hear and de-
termine the matter; and, if such officer
| shall be found guilty of such failure, his
office shall be declared vacant.
Section 81 The Board of Supervisors
shall not have power to levy any greater
taxes than as follows, viz: On the real
and personal estate, except such as is ex-
empt by law. throughout the city and
| county, tax of 100 cents on the 500
| such State taxes as the laws NAV REQUIRE
and, in addition thereto, they shall lew
for municipal purposes, on all real and
personal property within the city limits.
except such as are exempt by law, a tax OF
100 cents on the 800; also, tax for road
purposes, of 8 cents on the 500 on the
property outside the city limits All OF
which taxes shall be levied and collected
strictly in accordance with the revenue
laws of the State, except as may be other.
wise provided in this Act provided, that
nothing contained in this section shall pre-.
vent the Board of Supervisors from levy
ing, in addition, tax in accordance with
an Act passed February, 1853, entitled ar
/ Act 10 n+ ~
| entitled an Act to submit to the people oi
the counties of Sacramento and FL Dorado
a proposition for the construction of a
| wagon road.
Section 80. The revenue derived from
and within the city limits for municipal
purposes, viz, taxes, licenses, harbor dues
water rents and fines collected in the
| Mayors Court or otherwise, when paid
into the Treasury, shall be set apart and
appropriated as follows: Fifty-fve pei
cent. TO an interest and sinking fund, which
shall be applied for the payment OF the an.
nual interest and the final redemption OF
bonds issued for city indebtedness, in &C
cordance with the provisions of this Act
10 per cent. to salary fund, which shall
be applied to the payment OF the salaries
of municipal officers as provided in thi:
Act; per cent. to a school fund, which
shall be applied to the support of school:
within the city limits and the balance, 2.
per cent, to fund to be used for all such
necessary municipal expences as are no.
otherwise provided for in this section. and
shall be called the contingent fund.
Section 36. The revenue collected or &C
cruing prior to the list day of January
1859, throughout the city and county, ex
cept such as may be collected for munich
pal purposes within the city limits, i.
hereby set apart and appropriated as fol
lows, viz: Twelve per cent. to q schoo
fund, to be used for school purposes as pro
yided by law; s per cent. to the pauper anC
INDECENT sick fund.- is per cent. to thu
salary fund; AZ per cent. to the contingen
fund, and the balance 10 a general fund
which shall be applied to the payment
of the outstanding Auditors war
rants lawfully drawn on the Treasury
and payable in the order of theil
registry; and the revenue accruing and
collected for the county after the LIST day O
January, 1859, when paid into the Treasury
% per cent. shall go to the interest and
sinking fund; 10 per cent to the school fund
S per cent. to the pauper and INDECENT sich
fund % per cent. to the salary fund, anC
the balance, 50 per cent, to the general fund
all of which shall be exclusively applied t
the several purposes for which such fund;
were set apart; and if, at the close OF any
fiscal year there shall remain a surplus in
either of the funds mentioned in Section